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SP 2017-15, Somerset Academy North, 20801 - 20805 Johnson Street, site plan amendment. (Joseph)
Summary Explanation and Background
Civica Group, agent for Somerset Academy, is requesting a site plan amendment to the existing school site located at 20801- 20805 Johnson Street. The following items are proposed as a result of this application:
1. The creation of a traffic operations plan as requested by staff in order to maximize recently updated parking lot updates on site and establishing a student cap of 2,900 students for this campus.
2. The addition of recreational equipment, a scoreboard, fencing/gates, and canvas awnings on the site.
Proposed Traffic Operations Plan
The City has been working with Somerset to alleviate some of the stacking issues that have been created as this school has grown. In order to address these concerns, Somerset recently installed a new drive aisle at the north side of the site which connects both existing parking lots. This improvement effectively allowed for significant continuous stacking storage on site.
Civica Group, at the request of staff, provided the Board with a Traffic Operations Plan as well as a traffic study as part of this application. A Traffic Operations plan would be required for all new schools within the City as per recent City Ordinance.
Highlights to the traffic operations plan for the north campus include the following:
§ The applicant agreed to restrict the property to a maximum cap of 2,900 students with an expectation that the students will predominantly consist of 4th grade through 12th grade students.
o Somerset has acknowledged that any increase in number of students from this cap would need to be reviewed and approved by the City. By providing this age range on campus, Somerset believes that the time for pickup and drop off will move faster most of the students of this age need less time to load.
§ K-3rd grade will attend school at the proposed South Campus on Pines Boulevard...
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